Thunder Island

Thunder Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Thunder Island

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Thunder Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.66827, -121.89717. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Thunder Island

• Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum · museum · Skamania · ~2 km · Must-see
• Fort Raines · fort · Skamania · ~3 km · Must-see
• Fort Cascades Trail · waterfall · Skamania · ~7 km · Must-see
• Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness · sanctuary · Hood River · ~9 km · Must-see
• Table Mountain · viewpoint · Skamania · ~9 km · Must-see
• Greenleaf Peak · viewpoint · Skamania · ~9 km · Must-see
• Lake Bonneville · lake · Skamania · ~10 km · Must-see
• Columbia River Gorge · viewpoint · Skamania · ~11 km · Must-see
• Beacon Rock State Park · sanctuary · Skamania · ~12 km · Must-see
• Wyeth State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Hood River · ~13 km · Must-see
• Wind Mountain · viewpoint · Skamania · ~15 km · Must-see
• Wahtum Lake · lake · Skamania · ~16 km · Must-see
• Mount Defiance · viewpoint · Skamania · ~17 km · Must-see
• Ainsworth State Park · sanctuary · Multnomah · ~18 km · Must-see
• Wind River Arboretum · park · Skamania · ~19 km · Must-see
• Dog Mountain · viewpoint · Skamania · ~20 km · Must-see
• Scott Point · viewpoint · Skamania · ~22 km · Must-see
• Benson State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Multnomah · ~25 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Thunder Island

Other parks near Thunder Island

• Wind River Arboretum · park · Skamania · ~19 km · Must-see
• Carson National Fish Hatchery · park · Skamania · ~29 km · Must-see
• Hood River Waterfront Park · park · Skamania · ~37 km · Must-see
• Georgiana Smith Park · park · Hood River · ~37 km · Must-see
• Harlow House Park · park · Multnomah · ~51 km · Must-see
• Helen Althaus Park · park · Clark · ~51 km · Must-see
• Sunrise Park · park · Clark · ~52 km · Must-see
• Columbia Park · park · Clark · ~53 km · Must-see
• Fairview Woods Park · park · Clark · ~54 km · Must-see
• Red Sunset Park · park · Clark · ~55 km · Must-see

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